How fearsome common cold has become..LOL
By vanny
@vandana7 (98835)
India
December 28, 2020 7:03am CST
In India, it is winter now, as in many places elsewhere in the world.
So my aunt has common cold.
It comes with running nose, heaviness in head, gruff voice, a little bit of cough, and ...well you all know the rest.
So aunt called, and her voice was not ok.
I asked how are you doing.
I have this cold, I have taken some traditional soup.
PANIC.
Whom did you meet in the past 5 to 7 days? (She is 86 - I do not have to trace 14 days as she would be sick within 7 days).
She said nobody except you and your dad.
Now GUILT.
Are you having breathing issues?
Can you smell coffee? Yes.
Do you like the food you are eating? Yes.
Are you having fever? No.
Phew...then it is not COVID.
As if I am a doctor...sigh.
Nevertheless, it is scary now to even get common cold.
Come to think of it, I hardly hear anybody coughing these days.
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12 responses
@LadyDuck (458279)
• Switzerland
28 Dec 20
I know we get in panic mode. I sneezed a few times this afternoon and my husband immediately asked "did you meet the neighbors?" NO, I have been at home all the time, I talk to the neighbors for a lot longer distance than 2 meters... well I petted the cats.
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@vandana7 (98835)
• India
29 Dec 20
Extremely similar. My consolation today is, aunt has no breathing issues though her voice is gruff and she still has leaking nose and heaviness in head. But no breathing problem means she is safe. By this time, COVID would have done most of its damage.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
29 Dec 20
*sigh* If Auntie has only talked with you and dad, and neither of you have Covid, then Auntie is unlikely to have Covid, either.
People do their best not to cough in public anymore. They cough as quietly as they can into their coat sleeves or the crook of their arm. Too many people automatically assume anyone coughing, no matter the real reason, are coughing because they have Covid! (It has become the fastest way to clear out a crowd of people! 
Uhm... not that I've ever considered coughing to make the line at a public restroom go away, or anything like that... 
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Uhm... not that I've ever considered coughing to make the line at a public restroom go away, or anything like that... )2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
30 Dec 20
@vandana7 Poor Auntie... *sigh*
You can tell her I know she didn't do anything wrong... It was probably you and dad who gave her the cold, so she can yell at the two of you for risking her health! Bad vanny! 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
31 Dec 20
i hope that she gets well soon, hon. yepperz, any 'f those signs 'tis great cause fer concern these days.
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
28 Dec 20
Everyone looks at my husband when he's in a store; and he coughs or blows his nose. It's just allergies; but everyone thinks he has the virus.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
28 Dec 20
Cold, flu, fever, these are the common illness that are associate with covid, so do becareful.
